Publisher : Yves Fisselier © Paintings : Dhanavanti       © Sri Aurobindo's writings : Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry       Select translations from English to French : Maurice Shukla, Satprem       Layout and Design : Dilip Mahapatra       Typeset in Bitstream Arrus at Om Com Tech, Pondicherry       Project Co-ordination : Auroville Press, Auroville, Tamil Nadu - 605 101       Distribution : Auroville Press Publishers       e-mail: aurovillepress@auroville.org .in            Celui qui       a trouvé       le vrai 'Moi'      en lui-même       ne verra que       le vrai Moi'       ch

MEDITATION In Colour Dhanavanti Dedicated to The Mother Dhanavanti joined the ashram of Sri Aurobindo as a child in 1943, when the Mother opened the school of the ashram. She has been living there since then. She took to drawing and painting in 1956. Nature was a constant source of joy and inspiration - flowers, land­scapes, birds, animals all had their charm. But what she loved most is the human being - the human body so full of grace and strength, the human face with its ever changing expressions. Portraits were her favourites and sketching from life - to catch in a few lines the various moods and modes of life, the movement and the